SWEA International

Name

SWEA International

Legal name

Swedish Women's Educational Association International, Inc.

Website

https://swea.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural and community association services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online-to-Offline Hybrid Language Immersion Programs (EDAIAEAK)

Keywords

• Cultural association services
• Women membership network
• Expatriate community organization
• Swedish culture promotion
• Nonprofit educational programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Lauderdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees paid by Swedish-speaking women worldwide to join local SWEA chapters. Members receive benefits including the monthly newsletter, quarterly magazine Forum, access to local and global events, and networking opportunities.
2. Donations: Tax-deductible charitable donations accepted through PayPal. SWEA International is a 501(c)(3) registered charitable organization under California law, allowing US donors to deduct contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SWEA International is a non-profit membership organization that promotes Swedish language, culture, and tradition among Swedish-speaking women living abroad. It delivers value through a global network of 50+ local chapters, a quarterly magazine (Tidningen Forum), the SWEA-podden podcast, monthly SWEA Live! webinars, multiple interest-based groups, an annual Årets Svenska Kvinna award, and scholarship programs that fund education and Swedish-language promotion worldwide.

Product overview

SWEA International is a non-profit global networking organization for Swedish and Swedish-speaking women abroad, serving over 6,000 members across chapters worldwide. The organization operates a unified membership platform offering multiple channels and services: SWEA-podden (podcast), Tidningen Forum (quarterly magazine), SWEA Live! webinars, and an internal member portal. Members can participate in interest groups including SWEA Professional (career development), SWEA Skriver (writing), SWEA Läser (book club), SWEA Art (art), SWEA Care, and BUS (Swedish language for children abroad). The organization also awards scholarships (Årets Svenska Kvinna award, Interkulturella stipendiet, Litteraturstipendiet, Paskellstipendiet) and organizes global meetings. SWEA is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization under California law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SWEA Professional: A professional networking and career development group within SWEA for Swedish-speaking women abroad.
• SWEA Skriver
• SWEA Läser
• SWEA Art
• SWEA BUS (Barn Utomlands & Svenska språket)
• SWEA Care
• SWEA Global
• SWEA IT
• SWEA-podden
• Årets Svenska Kvinna
• SWEA Live!
• Forum

Products and services

• SWEA Membership Annual recurring membership in the global SWEA network, granting access to local chapter activities, the monthly newsletter, the quarterly Forum magazine, SWEA-podden, SWEA Live! webinars, interest-based groups (Professional, Skriver, Läser, Art, Care, BUS), and scholarship opportunities. Membership is for individual Swedish-speaking women living outside Sweden.
• SWEA-podden (Podcast) Official podcast of SWEA International featuring interviews with Swedish-speaking women abroad discussing experiences, careers, daily lives, and families in foreign countries. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
• Tidningen Forum (Quarterly Member Magazine) SWEA International's quarterly print member magazine featuring articles about activities and projects within SWEA chapters, Swedish culture, the Swedish language, multilingualism, and the experiences of Swedes abroad.
• SWEA Live! (Monthly Webinar Series) Monthly webinar series featuring inspiring speakers on a range of topics including book recommendations, author meetings, health, career development, art, and technology tools, delivered to the SWEA membership via Zoom.
• SWEA Professional Professional networking and career development interest group within SWEA offering workshops, handbooks, and networking events aimed at advancing SWEA members' professional growth across chapters.
• SWEA Scholarships (Interkulturella stipendiet, Litteraturstipendiet, Paskellstipendiet) Annual charitable scholarship program offering three awards of 15,000 USD each — the Interkulturella stipendiet, Litteraturstipendiet, and Paskellstipendiet — supporting education and Swedish language promotion worldwide.
• Årets Svenska Kvinna (Annual Award) Annual award program honoring an outstanding Swedish-speaking woman who has made significant contributions, with nominations and a presentation ceremony. 2026 recipient: Jessica Meir (NASA astronaut); 2025 recipient: Elly Reinolds.
• Global Meetings / Världsmöten Recurring international gatherings (Världsmöten) organized by SWEA International that bring members together from across the globe to share experiences and strengthen the global community.
• SWEAs Portal (Member Portal) Online internal member portal acting as the gateway to SWEA's internal work, documents, and resources for active members.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Goethe-Institut: German government's international cultural and language promotion network operating worldwide through local centers. Comparable as a much larger cultural-promotion peer with similar chapter-based engagement, language-programming, and scholarship structures, though publicly funded rather than community-led.
• Swedish Institute (Svenska Institutet): Swedish government agency tasked with promoting Sweden and Swedish culture abroad. Overlaps with SWEA's mission on Swedish cultural promotion globally and informs an institutional analog, though it is publicly funded and serves a broader audience rather than a women-only membership model.
• International Women's Forum (IWF): Global membership organization for accomplished women with local chapters worldwide, focused on leadership, networking, and mentoring. Overlaps with SWEA's professional-development sub-brand (SWEA Professional) and chapter-based expat engagement model, though serving a more elite professional cohort.
• Alliance Française: Global network promoting French language and culture through a worldwide chapter-based membership model. Directly comparable to SWEA in mission structure (language/cultural promotion via local chapters, member dues, and donations), though it operates at vastly larger scale and represents an incumbent analog SWEA's model emulates.

Direct peers

• Finlands Svenska Kvinnoförbund (Finland-Swedish Women's Association): Nordic sister organization promoting Swedish-language culture in Finland with a women's membership base and cultural-promotion mission. Most directly comparable as a fellow Nordic women's organization with overlapping heritage-preservation objectives and similar chapter structures.
• American Women's Club of London: Long-standing expat women's membership organization offering networking, cultural events, and member benefits to American women in London. Closely comparable to SWEA in target audience (expat women), membership-fee revenue model, interest-group sub-structure, and chapter-led programming — serving as a structural analog.

Emerging players

• American-Scandinavian Foundation: U.S.-based nonprofit promoting cultural and educational exchange between the U.S. and Scandinavia. Comparable as a Swedish/Scandinavian cultural-promotion peer with scholarship programs and educational exchanges, though more focused on U.S.-Scandinavia academic ties versus SWEA's women-led expat community model.
• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR): Large U.S.-based lineage and heritage organization with chapter-driven membership, scholarships, and cultural-preservation programming. Comparable in operating model (chapters, scholarships, awards, member-published content) though focused on American patriotic heritage rather than Swedish-expat identity.

Regional players

• Norwegian American Women's Association: Nordic sister organization supporting Norwegian-American women through networking and cultural programming. Comparable as a Nordic-heritage women's membership association with parallel diaspora-preservation goals, though regionally focused on the Norwegian-American community.

Others

• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE): Nonprofit international education and exchange organization. Adjacent to SWEA via the international-education space, particularly relevant given SWEA's BUS program for Swedish-speaking children abroad, though not a direct competitor on membership-based cultural networking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/SWEAInternational
• Facebookfacebook.com/SweaInternational
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swea-international
• Instagraminstagram.com/sweainternational

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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